Onshore Outsourcing joins UMSL's ITE incubator

Onshore Outsourcing, an IT startup, has opened an office at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Innovative Technology Enterprises center.

As companies have moved to outsourced certain technology jobs to other countries, Onshore Outsourcing is trying to keep those jobs in Missouri. The company hires and trains IT workers in order to attract work from businesses that would otherwise outsource that work overseas.

The company was started seven years ago in Macon, Mo., by Shane Mayes, founder and CEO. Chuck Ruggiero is president and chief operating officer. They are targeting $8 million in revenue this year.

Operating from UMSL's Innovative Technology Enterprises center will give the company several advantages, mainly in the form of computation capacity and access to training opportunities through courses offered at the university. There will also be internship opportunities for UMSL IT students.

Mayes is a former technology worker in St. Louis County with Elsevier, an international health-care technology company.